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 Not sure I have this right trying to (takeoff or land) in the Kiowa.  Concerning HOTAS main two hand sliders I have the big slider #30 bound to the collective.  The smaller slider #29 I think I have as torque RPM (see enclosed picture).  Or is both connected left and right engines as the picture says and both are increased at the same time??  Please advise.

 

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The KW is single engine. I have my right throttle bound as the collective (reversed input), smaller slider bound to engine RPM (twist on the collective). Works fine.

You don't need both throttles mapped, but you can link together mechanically as I do. I have the pinkie switch bound to REC/ACK button so the unused throttle (left) just follows the collective, and I have access to the REC/ACK button at all times flying.

 

 

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39 minutes ago, gdotts said:

Not sure I have this right trying to (takeoff or land) in the Kiowa.  Concerning HOTAS main two hand sliders I have the big slider #30 bound to the collective.

For starters, you only need the collective. It changes the blade pitch angle. Any change in power required to maintain rotor RPM is performed by the FADEC.

In other words, you only need the throttle once when you power the aircraft up and once when you power it down. In flight, it's only used as a backup when the FADEC fails. In a real helicopter, this is something you would really want to know because your life depends on it. In the sim, for now just ignore the throttle axis in flight. Slowly pull it up to 100% during takeoff and then don't touch it.

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And if your throttle doesn't go all the way to 100% after startup, add a few notches on the engine rpm plus/minus button on the collective until you get to exactly 100%.

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